Michael Xavier Leo Arokiaraj
Michael Xavier Leo Arokiaraj (born 8 September 1958) is an Indian clerical lawyer.
Early life
Monsignore Michael Leo Arockiaraj was born on 8 September 1958 in Mettupatti, in the civil district of Dindigul of Tamil Nadu, South India and of the ecclesiastical diocese of Dindigul.[1] After his initial formation in St Augustine's minor seminary, Trichy, philosophical formation in Christ Hall seminary, Karumathur, and theological formation in Pontifical Urban University, Rome, where he was ordained a priest on 25 April 1984.[1]
Academic Background
He obtained a bachelor's degree in Indian civil law in the Government Law College, Trichy, Tamil Nadu and a licentiate and doctorate in canon law in Pontifical Urban University, Rome in 1992.[1]
In Roman Rota
He was nominated to the Roman Rota in 1996 and two year later, he was appointed lawyer in Roman Rota. Pope Benedict XVI appointed him a judge in Roman Rota and head of the Chancery of Roman Rota and principle of the law college of Roman Rota on 5 May 2007.[2] He is the first Asian and Indian to be appointed a judge in this Supreme Tribunal of the Catholic Church.[1] When Pope Francis created a commission to reform the matrimonial process, he was chosen as a member of the commission on 27 August 2014.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d "Indian priest appointed judge in Vatican's supreme court". www.radiovaticana.va.
- ^ "indian monsignor named judge of roman rota". ucanews.com.
- ^ "Pope creates Vatican commission to study marriage process". National Catholic Reporter. 20 September 2014.